Florida Burrowing Owl

[Joseph Przybyla]

Today was a good day. Dottie and I found a pair of Florida Burrowing Owls only 34 mile from our house, previously we had beed driving 200-250 miles south to photograph them. I chose this composition to show the diminutive size of the Florida Burrowing Owl, at best it is only nine and a half inches tall. This fencepost seems to be the favorite perch. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED, Oben CTM-2500 carbon fiber monopod, Wimberly MH-100 MonoGimbal Head, Kirk Tripod Collar
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 220 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 400mm
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2020 and Neat Image for noise reduction
Cropped slightly for composition and presentation

[Colin Driscoll]

Lovely shot despite the barbed wire. Love the oof flowers. They are tiny, just one of my hand spans.

[Paul Burdett]

Love it! What a "cute" owl. I'm fine with the wire too. Really nice BG.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I think it looks great the owl is well defined and the background couldn't be better.

[John Mack]

The perch does show the size of the owl very well. Love the color at the bottom in the background. Detail looks quite nice.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.